Desperate David Moyes fears for Everton
Moyes' problems have been compounded by injuries to centre-halves James Tarkowski, Jarrad Branthwaite and Michael Keane. A depleted Everton lost 3-0 to Bournemouth in their opening Premier League Summer Series match in New Jersey on Saturday.
Everton are interested in Lyon winger Malick Fofana and Southampton midfielder Tyler Dibling. But they have missed out on a number of targets including Francisco Conceicao and Johan Bakayoko and been frustrated in their pursuit of Real Sociedad's Takefusa Kubo. Everton have also been linked with a loan move for Manchester City's Jack Grealish.
Despite being under new ownership and moving into a new 52,000 capacity stadium, Everton do not have European football to offer and are suffering because of their struggles in recent seasons.
Moyes performed wonders last season after guiding the club into 13th position having taken over a team battling relegation in January but admits the next month is crucial.
'My first thought was that I was surprised by that because Everton's such a big club, great traditions, what it's stood for over the years, and the new stadium's an exciting move for us,' he said.
'But then you have another thought. We've been in or around the relegation positions for the last five years, not far off the bottom, so maybe there's been reasons for it.
'The fact of the matter is we've got to rebuild that, to rebuild trust in people who could come to Everton and show them that the club's going in the right direction.
'We've got a new future now. We're all desperate to give the supporters something again, we've had a lot of disappointments.
'So let's hope we can pull it together for them and get them a team to be proud of by the start of the season.'
Nonetheless, Moyes admitted Everton have to make additions. 'We've got huge priorities for players but also we've got a numbers situation as well. We're short in numbers, so there's a bit of both,' he said.
'We're fighting to get the pieces we really want first but we're just beginning to think: 'My goodness, we're just not getting enough over the line'.
'It's not as if we're a club who are saying, we're waiting to sell a player before we can bring one in. No, we're actually in the market.'
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